Sites like Demand Media see a gap for particular content and churn out cheap crap.
Blogs see an idea in the public consciousness and jump on the bandwagon with derivative posts.
Anyone see the parallel? ActualLy there is a difference: the DM writer got paid.
Product searches have been screwed for years. I've often wished I could filter out any price search engines and/or retailers from results. What's worse is that all these sites have places for reviews (of which there are never any) but hey the review keyword is there.
But as for this post there's nothing new here. It's a rehash of a bunch of other posts from the last month.
I can still find what I want with ease on Google. Am I just some kind of gifted searcher? I seriously doubt it.
It's like these posts are all making slippery slope arguments ("there are two content farm results in the first page. If this trend continues there will be 7000 content farm resets") rather than complaining sbout the actuality.
The other mistake made here is to assume Google's algorithm is static. This is false. It's a rapidly moving target.
Like another comment says: such noise (spam) isn't unique to Google so is the "problem" with Google's index or the Web itself?
If nothing else these posts all make the case that Google's index is algorithmic. I say this because at different times you'll see conspiracy theories about Google promoting certain properties over others.
Here's a question: if Google started blacklisting sites, how soon would the complaints of censorship or favoritism take?
I agree with most of your points, but I would truly value Google providing me with the capability of blacklisting websites for myself.
Such a thing is already possible with just browser plugins, but I'd like that blacklist to follow me around and grow algorithmically (based on preferences of similar users), and hacking around a product's deficiencies is really not "voting with your wallet".
And in such a case Google couldn't be accused of censorship / favoritism.
Blogs see an idea in the public consciousness and jump on the bandwagon with derivative posts.
Anyone see the parallel? ActualLy there is a difference: the DM writer got paid.
Product searches have been screwed for years. I've often wished I could filter out any price search engines and/or retailers from results. What's worse is that all these sites have places for reviews (of which there are never any) but hey the review keyword is there.
But as for this post there's nothing new here. It's a rehash of a bunch of other posts from the last month.
I can still find what I want with ease on Google. Am I just some kind of gifted searcher? I seriously doubt it.
It's like these posts are all making slippery slope arguments ("there are two content farm results in the first page. If this trend continues there will be 7000 content farm resets") rather than complaining sbout the actuality.
The other mistake made here is to assume Google's algorithm is static. This is false. It's a rapidly moving target.
Like another comment says: such noise (spam) isn't unique to Google so is the "problem" with Google's index or the Web itself?
If nothing else these posts all make the case that Google's index is algorithmic. I say this because at different times you'll see conspiracy theories about Google promoting certain properties over others.
Here's a question: if Google started blacklisting sites, how soon would the complaints of censorship or favoritism take?